From OPERATIONAL STUDIES GROUP NEWS July MORE LAST DAYS Q&A From: "Guy Ripoll" Subject: Last Days Questions I enjoy really this one with its amazing intrication between operational and tactical problems. My question is about Artillery engagements: 11.52 states that Bombardments are considered attack. 11.53 states that an enemy force may be the subject of a bombardment and an attack during the same combat phase. A) You have a point there: The statement "Bombardments are considered attacks," should be modified. 5.14: Do the Napoleon bonus apply to both Bombardment then subsequent regular attack, or just to the last one ? A) I can think of no reason why it should not apply to the bombardment, especially since Napoleon's early training was in the artillery and he paid special attention to the deployment of that arm. 11.1 & 11.46: If the Bombardment result vacates the enemy hex, may the friendly non Artillery force which was designated for a regular subsequent attack against this hex do any of the following: * be switched to attack any other adjacent hex? A) Yes, but it could then not do "b" below * advance in the hex vacated by the Bombardment alone? A) Yes, if it was designated to attack that hex. From: Ian Campbell Q) What does Collaert command? I assume the Dutch Belgian contingent of 1st Corps. He would need to be commanded by a higher ranking officer (Wellington or Orange) A) He commands the D/B cavalry! His counter should say "Cav" not "D/B." Q) In the Elan check. I read it as follows....you can include any adjacent units in the elan check (even ones that were already in ZOC), so long as all units included participate in the attack. I understand withholding low quality units from the check. What happens to an adjacent unit who you chose to include if the elan check fails. Does it retreat one hex? A) No, it stays put. Q) Chateaux rules conflict: 11.61 and 11.63 appear to be in conflict. The first states that when stacked in a chateaux only one unit gets the benefit. The second implies the benefit only applies when one unit is alone in the hex. If 11.61 rules, do you apply results separately using more than one odds column with one die roll? example. Two units in a chateaux are attacked. The total odds are 4-1. The roll is a (2). Do you apply the 4-1 (2) - DE to the unit outside and the 2-1 (2) DR2 (ignored) to the unit inside? What would happen with a (6) when you would get and EX and an Ar respectively? I would suggest...Chateaux only applies when a unit is alone. or allow the attacker to attack units outside separately? A) No, the units in the hex but "outside" the chateau suffer effects normally; thus they alone would retreat if a retreat result was obtained.